Castrén & Snellman’s lawyers and their expertise received international recognition yet again in the 2025 IFLR1000 Financial & Corporate rankings. Of the researched categories, our services were placed in Tier 1 in Banking and finance and Capital markets: Equity & Debt, while M&A and Project development were ranked in Tier 2.
9.10.2025
C&S services and experts top-ranked in IFLR1000 Financial & Corporate 2025
Janne Lauha, Sakari Lukinmaa, and Tero Tuomisto were recognised as Market leaders, while Tarja Pirinen and Jan Örndahl were recognised as Highly regarded practitioners. In addition, Tarja Pirinen received special recognition as a Woman Leader.
Benjamin Bade was acknowledged as a Rising star partner. Seven of our practitioners received high individual rankings and were recognised as Notable practitioners: Valentin Golovanov, Minna Korhonen, Carola Lindholm, Heidi Paalanen-Koev, Sakari Sedbom, Jarno Tanhuanpää, and Samuli Tarkiainen.
Furthermore, Vesa Rasinaho was recognised as an Expert consultant, and Anna-Maarit Laurila and Jenny Shahnovskij were both awarded the Rising star title.
IFLR1000 ranks leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers for different regions, markets and practice areas.
To see all rankings, visit IFLR1000.com.
“Business oriented, quick solutions, know the company well, thinking ahead” – M&A
“Impressive depth and width of services. Top class energy team, very strong in environmental law. Very responsive, understands customer point of view.” – Project development
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Case published 16.9.2025
byFounders.vc – DataCrunch’s USD 64 million Series A funding round
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Springvest – ReOrbit’s EUR 45 million Series A funding round
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Case published 9.9.2025